A day before the group round came to a close at the 2022 World Championship, both relegation spots to Division IA in 2023 were clinched, with Italy and Great Britain gaining the dubious distinction of being sent down, at the hands of Kazakhstan and Austria, respectively.
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๐ธ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐บ Slovenia, Hungary Promoted To 2023 World Championship
The Division IA World Championship tournament in Ljubljana saw the top two spots for promotion to the 2023 World Championship locked up a day before the tournament wrapped, with hosts Slovenia and Hungary both locking up returns to the Top Division.
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๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ป ๐ฉ๐ฐ Slovakia, Latvia, Denmark Clinch Final Beijing 2022 Men’s Olympic Qualifying Spots
After nearly two year of Olympic qualifiers that began in Luxembourg and China in November 2019, four rounds of play, 36 teams competing and a global pandemic in between, came to a conclusion today for the final three spots in Beijing, with the spots being clinched locked up by Slovakia, Latvia and Denmark for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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๐ธ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฑ Men’s Division I Tournaments Cancelled By IIHF
Two of the three remaining tournaments on the International Ice Hockey Federation calendar have now officially been axed as well, with Division IA and IB of the Men’s World Championship officially being cancelled over COVID-19 concerns.
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๐ญ๐ท ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ฟ๐ฆ Another Seven Men’s Tournaments Cancelled Due To COVID-19
The next set of tournaments to fall victim to cancellation over the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic were announced today by the International Ice Hockey Federation, with both the Men’s Division II, III and Under-18 tournaments for 2020 now axed.
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๐ต๐ฑ ๐ช๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ฌ IIHF Cancels Seven Tournaments Due To COVID-19
Due to the rapid spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus throughout the world, with particularly large impacts now on European soil, today the International Ice Hockey Federation announced the cancellation of seven World Championship tournaments set to begin in March.
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Major Announcements Made At 2019 IIHF Congress
The IIHF Annual Congress today was held on the off day at the 2019 World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, with a number of major announcements voted on to impact the future of international hockey in the coming years.
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๐จ๐ฟ Ludฤk Bukaฤ: 1935-2019
Just days after the death of Jรกn Starลกรญ, who built the Czechoslovak national team into a dominant force in the 1970’s, the man who helped carry the Czechoslovakian team through the 1980’s and Czech team in the 1990’s has also passed away, as Ludฤk Bukaฤ today died at the age of 83.
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๐ฌ๐ง ๐ฎ๐น Great Britain, Italy Promoted To 2019 World Championship
The Division IA World Championship tournament saw one expected and one very surprising participant both qualify for the 2019 World Championship top division in Slovakia, with Italy returning after a one-year absence, while Great Britain returns after a quarter century absence.
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๐ธ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐น Slovenia, Italy Relegated From World Championship
Still with a dayย until the end of the 2017 World Championship group round, the two relegated teams for 2018 have already been determined, with both Slovenia and Italy, who only gained promotion in 2016, set to return to Division IA next season.
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๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ช Norway, Slovenia, Germany Nab Final 2018 Olympic Spots
After nearly a year of Olympic qualifiers that began in Bulgaria last October, three rounds of play and 28 teams competing for just three spots in PyeongChang, the final slots were today locked up by Norway, Slovenia and Germany for the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐น Japan, Poland & Italy Advance To Olympic Final Qualification
The second leg of Olympic Qualification is in the books, with Japan, Poland and Italy emerging victorious in the Pre-Qualification Round to advance to the Final Qualification round in September, with the winners moving on to Koreaย in 2018.
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๐ฆ๐น ๐ธ๐ฎ Austria, Slovenia Relegated From World Championship
For the fourth straight World Championship in which they are participating, Austria and Slovenia have been relegated back to Division IA for 2016, failing to clinch spots at next year’s World Championship in Russia.
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๐ฐ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐บ Kazakhstan, Hungary Promoted To 2016 Worlds
After Poland failed to defeat Hungary in regulation in front of their hometown fans, Hungary clinched the second and final promotion to the 2016 World Championships in Russia, following an undefeated Kazakhstan who punched their ticket on Thursday.
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2015 KHL All Star Game Rosters Announced
After a fan vote to set the starting lineup, and a media vote to set the second lines, the Kontinental Hockey League today announced the rosters for the 2015 KHL All Star Game in Sochi, Russia on 25 January.
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IHLC Team Profiles – ๐ต๐ฑ Poland (Junior)
๐ต๐ฑ POLAND (POL) Men’s Junior National Ice Hockey Team (1976-)
Poland was a participant at the first World Junior Championship in 1977 (finishing last), playing in the Top Division five more times before being relegated in 1997. Since then they have remained largely in Division I (despite a few drops to Division II), looking to crawl back up into the higher echelons of the tournament.
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IHLC Team Profiles – ๐ต๐ฑ Poland (Men’s)
๐ต๐ฑ POLAND (POL) Menโs National Ice Hockey Team (1926-)
3ย wins, 3ย reigns, 3ย games with IHLC – rankedย 17th
IHLC last held 13 April 1986
Poland was one of the rare Eastern European teams to compete for the IHLC in the pre-war era, winning their first IHLC at the 1931 World Championship, on home turf in Krynica. While theย Eaglesย managed to contend during the Iron Curtain era of international hockey, winning two more IHLC titles, they have slipped in the post-Cold War era, not holding the IHLC since 1986, playing for the IHLC since 2004, and not playing in the top tier of the World Championship since 2002, only qualifying for the top pool five times since 1979.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 3-0 Poland ๐ต๐ฑ – 15 Feb 1992
๐บ๐ธ United States 3-0 Poland ๐ต๐ฑ
Olympicย Preliminary Round
Patinoire de Mรฉribel,ย Mรฉribel ๐ซ๐ท
Saturday, 15 February 1992
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:50 – ๐บ๐ธย PEN – Emma, cross checking
08:11 – ๐บ๐ธย PEN – Donato, slashing
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 5-1 Poland ๐ต๐ฑ – 22 Feb 1988
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 5-1 Poland ๐ต๐ฑ
Olympic Preliminary Round
Olympic Saddledome, Calgary ๐จ๐ฆ
Monday, 22 February 1988
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:10 – ๐ซ๐ฎย PEN – Susi, interference
09:58 – ๐ต๐ฑย GOAL – Pacuลa (Szopiลski, Copija)
10:48 – ๐ต๐ฑย PEN – Kwasigroch, hooking
19:16 – ๐ซ๐ฎย GOAL – Helminen (Blomqvist, Eloranta)
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 1-0 Poland ๐ต๐ฑ – 14 Feb 1988
๐จ๐ฆย Canada 1-0 Poland ๐ต๐ฑ
Olympic Preliminary Round
Olympic Saddledome, Calgary ๐จ๐ฆ
Sunday, 14 February 1988
BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:22 – ๐จ๐ฆย GOAL – Habscheid (Sherven, Yawney)
06:05 – ๐จ๐ฆย PEN – Schreiber, interference
12:16 – ๐ต๐ฑย PEN – Groth, tripping
16:47 – ๐ต๐ฑย PEN – Sleblecki, slashing
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